A snow day here today as predicted so I’ve been hard at work.
WD40 worked! It greatly assisted in the helping the bulb coming away from its fitting... After swearing mildly, I unclipped the fitting and detached it from the wires. My initial impressions (which ended up being proved correct) were that it was a bayonet bulb but the damn thing wouldn’t push down and turn. I ended up accidentally breaking off the part of the plastic fitting that looked like a screw which exposed part of the bayonet. After messing about with pliers, a screwdriver and a lot of rust, the bottom part of the bulb finally popped out.
I was a bit worried about the corrosion but it was limited to the bulb base. Popped the light fitting back on, tested it and it worked just fine.
The End
WD40 worked! It greatly assisted in the helping the bulb coming away from its fitting... After swearing mildly, I unclipped the fitting and detached it from the wires. My initial impressions (which ended up being proved correct) were that it was a bayonet bulb but the damn thing wouldn’t push down and turn. I ended up accidentally breaking off the part of the plastic fitting that looked like a screw which exposed part of the bayonet. After messing about with pliers, a screwdriver and a lot of rust, the bottom part of the bulb finally popped out.
I was a bit worried about the corrosion but it was limited to the bulb base. Popped the light fitting back on, tested it and it worked just fine.
The End
